Oh England! (Oliver Barton)
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- Editor: Oliver Barton (submitted 2004-02-10). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 542 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Oh England!
Composer: Oliver Barton
Lyricist: William Shakespeare , Henry V, Act II
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: An intense and emotive setting of words from the Chorus at the beginning of Act II of Shakespeare's Henry V. Slow with silences.
Text and translations
English text
Oh England!
Model to thy inward greatness,
Like little body with a mighty heart,
What mightst thou do, that honour would thee do,
Were all thy children kind and natural!
But see thy fault.
Oh England!